Stóra-Sandvík
Stóra-Sandvík is a farm in Árborg, South Iceland. Stóra-Sandvík is situated nearby to the locality Litla-Sandvík, as well as near the hamlet Tjarnabyggð.Places of Interest
Highlights include Selfoss Airport.
Selfoss Airport
Aerodrome
Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a town on the banks of Ölfusá river in the Árborg municipality in southern Iceland. Selfoss Airport is privately owned. The Selfoss non-directional beacon is located on the field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selfoss and Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi.
Selfoss
Selfoss is the largest town in South Iceland. Although it sits by a beautiful spot by the Ölfusá river, it's too close to places like Þingvellir and Gullfoss and Geysir to be noticed, and too close to Reykjavík for most people to think of it as a place to stay the night.
Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi
Hamlet
Photo: Jóna Þórunn, CC BY 3.0.
Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi is a municipality in Árnessýslu, Iceland, with a population of 81 people in 2016. It is the smallest municipality of Iceland in terms of the number of inhabitants. Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi is situated 4 km northeast of Stóra-Sandvík.
Eyrarbakki
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Eyrarbakki is a fishing village on the south coast of Iceland with a population of about 570 people, not including inhabitants of the prison located there. The village is founded on the Great Þjórsá Lava.
Stóra-Sandvík
- Type: Farm
- Also known as: “Stora-Sandvik”
- Categories: locality and agriculture
- Location: Árborg, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.91364° or 63° 54′ 49″ northLongitude
-21.0628° or 21° 3′ 46″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
99MWWW7P+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6317232831OpenStreetMap feature
place=farmGeoNames ID
3412971
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In Other Languages
“Stóra-Sandvík” goes by many names.
- Icelandic: “Stóra-Sandvík”
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Localities in the Area
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